Phil Mendelson: “Full and fair representation for the 703,000 citizens residing in the District of Columbia is only possible through…”

We send our sons and daughters to war, we pay more in Federal taxes than 22 states, we pay more per capita than any state.

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson went as far as saying there is not a crime crisis in Washington, DC, but the numbers speak for themselves.

It creates a psychosis. It creates a lot of real problems. Who are the losers in this? Women and children.

Statehood is the only way to give to our citizens locally elected Representatives to enact purely local laws.